____/ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on Monday 14 January 2008 05:17 : \____
> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>> "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>> The BBC Director General, Mark Thomson, is interrogated by the House of
>>> Commons Public Accounts Committee, over why the BBC wasted 20 million
>>> UKP on the iPlayer.
>>>
>>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1XIwSB27A (8 minutes)
>>>
>>> Partial transcript:
>>>
>>> Dr. Pugh : So at what stage will we be able to fully *download* and
>>> stream to a Mac or a Linux computer?
>
>> "download and stream"?
>
> Yes, download AND stream.
Mind you, I'm 90% certain that the BBC even considered .NET for streaming
(Silverlight), based on the Register and the Observer (or was it another
publication?).
>>> Thomson : You can do that now
>>> Dr. Pugh : Both of them?
>>> Thomson : Yeah
>>>
>>> *LIE!*
>
>> You can stream now.
>
> So what?
Will people have the money spent on iPlayer back? Why does Windows get a 'fast
lane' with high-quality video?
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